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Snap introduces Specs Intelligence, an AI assistant designed to work across iPhone, Mac, and Specs glasses, calling it an "anticipatory AI service" (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/996078/snap-specs-intelligence-ai-agent-ios-mac

Snap is launching a new Specs AI tool, and it’s coming to iOS and Mac
Snap’s “Specs Intelligence” AI tool is launching in preview on iOS and will be coming to Mac and the Specs AR glasses.

Erste AR-Brille für Verbraucher: Snap stellt KI und neue Apps für Specs vor
Snap stellt einen KI-Dienst und neue Anwendungen für die AR-Brille Specs vor, die im Herbst erscheint. Die extrem ambitionierte Technik zeigt noch Schwächen.

Erste AR-Brille für Verbraucher: Snap stellt KI und neue Apps für Specs vor
Snap stellt einen KI-Dienst und neue Anwendungen für die AR-Brille Specs vor, die im Herbst erscheint. Die extrem ambitionierte Technik zeigt noch Schwächen.

📝 New post: A sky site for stargazing and space weather
sky.gatewayy.net puts tonight's stargazing outlook, planets, space station passes, space weather, who's in space and upcoming launches on one screen-reader-friendly page.
https://gatewayy.net/a-sky-site-for-st

A sky site for stargazing and space weather
sky.gatewayy.net puts tonight's stargazing outlook, planets, space station passes, space weather, who's in space and upcoming launches on one screen-reader-friendly page.

from my link log —
Post Office Trial: Marshall spells it out in a speech to University of Law.
https://www.postofficetrial.com/2021/06/marshall-spells-it-out-speech-to.html
saved 2021-06-04

Marshall spells it out: speech to University of Law
Reporting the High Court class action against the UK Post Office

This week the launch services contract was signed for the Heliospheric Pioneer for Solar and Interplanetary Threats Defence - #Henon - mission, ESA’s first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat, confirming that the pioneering spacecraft will fly onboard Ariane 6, alongside ESA’s Plato mission: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Shaping_the_Future/Deep_space_pioneer_Henon_signs_to_launch_with_Plato

"Can we stop ships from killing the Mediterranean’s last great whales?"
#Mediterranean #Whales #Animals

Can we stop ships from killing the Mediterranean’s last great whales?
Collisions with ships are a leading anthropogenic killer of the Mediterranean’s two endangered large-bodied cetacean species, sperm and fin whales. In 2025, thousands of vessels traveled through the Mediterranean’s key whale habitats at speeds above 15 knots (28 km/h), the threshold at which vessel strikes are almost always fatal, according to an analysis by Magma […]

Self-driving tech company May Mobility plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.4B pro forma enterprise value and raise up to $337M in gross proceeds (Joann Muller/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/16/may-mobility-public-spac-atlas-credit-partners-a…

May Mobility to go public in SPAC deal at $1.4B valuation
Self-driving tech company May Mobility has reached a deal to go public via a merger with a SPAC affiliated with Atlas Credit Partners.

Kleine Pakete von Online-Shops kosten bei Einfuhr bald extra
Für Millionen Pakete mit billiger Online-Ware wird ab November eine neue Bearbeitungsgebühr fällig. Die EU-Staaten haben den neuen Regeln zugestimmt.

Kleine Pakete von Online-Shops kosten bei Einfuhr bald extra
Für Millionen Pakete mit billiger Online-Ware wird ab November eine neue Bearbeitungsgebühr fällig. Die EU-Staaten haben den neuen Regeln zugestimmt.

from my link log —
A design space exploration of async/await.
https://cel.cs.brown.edu/blog/design-space-async-await/
saved 2026-09-15 https:/…

A Design Space Exploration of Async/Await
Every language pitches async/await as synchronous-looking code, and the same two keywords appear everywhere. But behind the shared syntax hide nine independent design decisions, and no two of seven modern runtimes agree on what even the simplest async programs should do! In this paper we map the design space of async/await so you can find out where your language stands.

Snap is pitching its $2,195 Specs as an enterprise product, inking Salesforce, Amazon, and Nvidia deals to enable visual overlays, alongside consumer features (Boone Ashworth/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/what-snap-expensive-specs-can-actually-do/
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Here’s What Snap’s Expensive Specs Can Actually Do
Snap thinks its chunky, pricey smart glasses are the future of human computing, powered by a new AI app and features that do everything from translating languages to improving your golf swing.